Cephalexin recalls

Cephalexin products have been recalled 17 times, most recently on 18 Jun 2025. The recalling company is usually Ascend Laboratories. The most common reason is potency & assay.

Total recalls17since 2019

Last 12 months0reported

Class I00% of total

Ongoing8latest 18 Jun 2025

Recalls per month, last 24 months

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0Oct '24 0 0 0Jan '25 0 0 0Apr 0 2 0Jul 0 0 0Oct 0 0 0Jan '26 0 0 0Apr 0 0 0Jul 0 0

Severity split

Class I 0 0%Class II 12 71%Class III 5 29%

Why cephalexin is recalled

Companies

Product types

Antibiotics17100%

By year

2025212%
2024529%
2021635%
2020318%
201916%

Ongoing cephalexin recalls

8 active

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
18 Jun 2025Drug	CLASS II	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 125 mg per (when mixed) recalledCephalexin	Ascend Laboratories	Potency & Assay	Nationwide
18 Jun 2025Drug	CLASS II	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 125 mg per (when mixed) recalledCephalexin	Ascend Laboratories	Potency & Assay	Nationwide
12 Jun 2024Drug	CLASS III	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 125mg recalledCephalexin	Bryant Ranch Prepack	Other	Nationwide
12 Jun 2024Drug	CLASS III	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 250mg recalledCephalexin	Bryant Ranch Prepack	Other	Nationwide
12 Jun 2024Drug	CLASS III	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 250mg recalledCephalexin	Bryant Ranch Prepack	Other	Nationwide
12 Jun 2024Drug	CLASS III	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 250mg recalledCephalexin	Bryant Ranch Prepack	Other	Nationwide

All cephalexin recalls, newest first

17 total

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
18 Jun 2025Drug	CLASS II	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 125 mg per (when mixed) recalledCephalexin	Ascend Laboratories	Potency & Assay	Nationwide
18 Jun 2025Drug	CLASS II	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 125 mg per (when mixed) recalledCephalexin	Ascend Laboratories	Potency & Assay	Nationwide
12 Jun 2024Drug	CLASS III	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 125mg recalledCephalexin	Bryant Ranch Prepack	Other	Nationwide
12 Jun 2024Drug	CLASS III	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 250mg recalledCephalexin	Bryant Ranch Prepack	Other	Nationwide
12 Jun 2024Drug	CLASS III	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 250mg recalledCephalexin	Bryant Ranch Prepack	Other	Nationwide
12 Jun 2024Drug	CLASS III	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 250mg recalledCephalexin	Bryant Ranch Prepack	Other	Nationwide
12 Jun 2024Drug	CLASS III	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP, 125mg recalledCephalexin	Bryant Ranch Prepack	Other	Nationwide
5 May 2021Drug	CLASS II	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, Generic for Keflex recalledCephalexin	Preferred Pharmaceuticals	Potency & Assay	CA
24 Feb 2021Drug	CLASS II	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP 250 mg per (when mixed) recalledCephalexin	Ascend Laboratories	Potency & Assay	Nationwide
24 Feb 2021Drug	CLASS II	Cephalexin for Oral Suspension, USP 250 mg per (when mixed) recalledCephalexin	Ascend Laboratories	Potency & Assay	Nationwide

About this list

Records come from FDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS notices, grouped by normalised name. A company operating under several names may appear more than once.